CONGRATS TO NADAL!!!!

[BlooInBloo]

Gawd it sounds like it was an awesome match - can't wait to catch the rerun.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/01/2009-australian-open-nada_n_162879.html

MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal held off Roger Federer in another five-set Grand Slam final, keeping Pete Sampras' record of 14 major titles intact for now.

Nadal became the first Spanish man to win the Australian Open, beating Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 in a momentum-swinging, 4-hour, 22-minute final that finished just after midnight on Sunday.

Federer, trying to equal Sampras' record, sobbed at the trophy presentation.

"Maybe I'll try later. God, it's killing me," Federer said, crying. He returned to congratulate Nadal within minutes, saying: "You deserved it. You played a fantastic final."

What great ongoing competition between those two. You can 30 years from now, when they're old, they'll still get together and play each other somewhere privately, and play just as hard.

Thanks for the epic battles, guys.

[malaise]

1. A great win indeed

After winning for so long I found the Fed's sobbing rather ungracious.



Bravo Nadal 13-6 against Roger.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Five hours of guys with tightly strung raquets trying to ace each other. zzzzzzzzz